My view on this has always been: The models are assuming that it exists at a large scale to solve for the climate problem, so we have an obligation to do the instrumental work to figure out if that’s possible to begin with.

We’re starting to do that, which I think is very good. The challenge with removing CO2 from the ambient air and putting it... See more

Stripe may now have more knowledge of the carbon-removal market than any other private company. In this era of greenwashing and sustainable everything, its program, called Stripe Climate, is one of the most compelling corporate climate initiatives now running.

The creators of these new platforms believe that they can solve the knowledge problem of net zero with software. Given the proliferation of net-zero pledges, this is a profitable problem to solve. But the platforms all approach this problem in a particular way: they turn carbon into a tradable commodity. This points to a broader point: net zero, in... See more